Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-17


BuNIze2s Men Besaexs ne city ceun-
efl-uansaA Fears the HsrtheTn
Paddle h PIaytnG q Farce
Singular Fatality.
Regular Correspondents PosF-ExxE-
LEGEC2.
TIE Iobsy Of tie City C0aecE sham-
/ Der rs vel aiied wifb promfneat hzsi-
Bess men, and in tie mIdzt o. the pro
essdings Mr.. Hsnusk rosk and said:
-Mr- M4yor. ! So thaf there are .
nzmber Of aentlemen hare VITO want 20
do soDe taking, sud I sapposs re
might - veil be da1e With Is drst -
last an have the aeooy over"
No objection being q -red. the MAYOR
said TIE Council vas prepared 70 listen
- any Who might Ssh 50 speak. and
;. NJ A8l4n came forward and said thaf
% vas ems Of counties tnst had
been appointed 10 prepare for The esle-
oratlon Of the opening OF the Cascade
DivisssR on the F0nrth Of Jaly; thai u
had been bis experience that where the
/ funds for such matters we're left % ind1-
VIDAL Subscriptions thai few men had
10 bear the bFuut Of IL. He vas neither
laSysR nor tne son Of . LAWYER. be
said, ard did not know thst the city
charter would in It's strict construction,
allow Of making an appropriation tor
9 p1rp0se. bat tkst he thO1ght this
vas one Of the occasions where ths pao-
I lie cosscience might be stretched 3
little This vas not TO Be merely .
Fourth Of July celebration, but q eele-
bratioa Of the com letion of the great
trAnssontiDental railway frsm Lake
Superior 10 Puget Sound asd should be
done IN manner worthy Of the osca-
siors
M. BashfoFd rose quickly IS Mr..
Nolan ceased and moved that the mat
ser be referred to the Finance Commit
tee II none Of the other gentlemen
wTsHKD TO SPEAK.
"0a let Us hear from all Of th NJ"
said Hannah. aud D avid Wilson, Sssre-
tary of the Chanber Of CommsFce.
leaned upon the lobby railing and said:
@We aFs preparing q big programme
for the next Fourth Of JaIy. We are
going 10 ask all the bsaFds of trade and
representative bodies in the Territory
TO Join with as. We visa to msks the
opening Of the Cascade division an
event long TO be remembered, and such
as will do credit to the city. To do that,
We think that By voting @ liberal appfo-
priasion TO the eHterprise. such ss will
enable as to make il Q great success,
you viii be doing good as well as help
ing rs out"
Councilman Bacon said be had al
vays believed in an .qaaliz ltien Of
these things, and would favor proper
appropriation, and asked for stsie-
ment from the gentIemsn in the lobby
IS to shat they thought would be
proper figure.
Mr.. Nolan said that the amouat Of
money provided would influence the
proceedings; that they could have q
better time on ten thousand than half
that amount, bat half that amoRnt
would enable them to do some
thing; that it Was to be g great CO
easlon, when there would be large in
1nx of people in the city.
Mr.. Wilson indicated that II the
people came Who might be expected. il
would be
A PAYTNo rSvKsTMKT.
w. J. Thompson said be was one of
the committee; that the programme pre-
pared was a broad one-no ordinary
Fourth Of July af air; that the people
" the Territory WSnid be our guests
for three or four days. and We should
treat them veil 30 that they would 90
away feeling in toe best Of humor with
rs; that the hremen and probably tbs
military OF tha I EEitory would be here
10 participate in competitive drills, etc..
and that on the vhole ID vas an ocoa
sioa calling for more than ordinary in
I tersss and action.
Chief Of the Fire Departments Rainey
said that be expected At least q couple
Of thousand for the Fire Department
alone.
| Mr.. Bishford said that the power Of
the Council 70 appropriate money for
such an affair had precedent in it,
( favor, as $50 had been appropriated
/ last year for the same purpose.
Mr.. Bacon tbouRht the Council had
the right TO appropriate money for the
good Of the people, but thought $500
/ would be enough.
Mr. McGouldriok thought the whole
/ county was interested and that the re-
quest should be made to the County
| Commissioners, ct which q voice from
the lobby said they were going after
/ them too.
Mr.. Hannah reese Just as Mr.. Nolan
thanked the Council and left, saying be
Z believed the ma ter vas in good hands
/ Mr.. Hannah said that the time TO kick
about such things vss before, not after
the thir bad been done. He said with
| pointed saFoasm) that be knew there
vas q elamor iust new for
BETTER CITY oFFIcERs;
For better City Council; for bsster
/ city government and all that" and be
was not sure that TO grant this request
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